Gold Medal Party

A couple of weeks ago friends of ours sent out an email inviting us to a "Gold Medal Party". Of course at that time there was the assumption that the men's team would make it to not only the medal round, but the Gold medal game. What a disappointment that was! Looks like the party should have been set up to watch the women's game. The women ROCKED the Olympics!
Well, being the good sports that Wendy & Jason are- they still welcomed us into their home at 8am on Sunday morning- why not? We are all up at that time anyways.
Well, it was a good game even though it did not include Canada. The company was great & the hosts were fantastic! Although, next time you have a breakfast party- remind me to bring my coffee maker (ha ha)!
Hayden didn't like all the ref's calls. Sydney doesn't know the game that well, she has no idea what Hayden is talking about.






But she sure remembers how to say "CHEEESE!!!". Evelyn chooses to ignore her when she is showboating.
I think Ellie enjoyed having the kids around to play, but she mostly sat back and watched all the action. The kids will have to watch out for this one! She has so many words, she can put them to shame.

Mr. Max

Last night we babysat Max while Robb & Michele when to some African drumming thing in Toronto. We had a great time with Max & I had to take the picture that him & Sydney will be cursing me for when they get older....the tub picture!!! And Max taught Sydney how to say "CHEEEESE!!!"

Places to go, friends to see...

The past week was busy going here & going there. The bad thing about so many of your friends living in other towns is that it is often a challenge to coordinate schedules to allow for a good visit. The good thing about it is that you have many opportunities to get away from home for a bit.
Last weekend we went to visit Kim & Pete to go out for Brad & Pete's "birthday dinner & a movie". It was an overnight visit that gave Nana the perfect opportunity to babysit. I am sure that Regan & Sydney were perfect angels for her. Prior to us going out they were playing in Regan's room & their faces were the picture of innocence, even though they were just caught jumping on the bed.
The next day was a visit to see Monica. This is one of my friends who is MOST difficult to coordinate with- the woman keeps herself much too busy. We had a great visit & enjoyed meeting their little guy, Max (6 months). Jim had Max stylishly dressed in a Ramones t-shirt & I had to admit that was the neatest shirt I had seen on a little baby. For Monica & I's mutual friends...here are some pictures of Max and his proud parents.

I never seemed to capture just the right shot of him, but he is definitely a happy, smiley baby. Although, I am not sure what pose he is striking here with Sydney.
Our last jaunt out of town was on Friday to go meet Laura, Morgan, and Marley. Probably the 2nd hardest person to tie down for a visit. Although I realized that if we leave Patrick & Brad out of the equation, it is much easier to coordinate- sorry guys. Morgan is 2 1/2 years old & Marley is 3 months old. I think Morgan was really excited to play with Sydney & then was quite disappointed when Sydney was happiest playing alone in Morgan's kitchen- sorry Brad, but one of these things is going to be coming to our house sometime in the future. Sydney loved it!
Next was "snack time" and although Morgan's little table is perfect for her, Sydney has too many ants in her pants to be sitting at these little tables yet. She nearly flipped herself too many times.
And of course the other people that we were there to see...Laura & Marley. Again, Sydney picked up a little dolly anytime that I was holding the baby. I can live with that- at least she lets me hold one!

Jealousy may be setting in...

Yesterday we had a couple of visitors, Noreen & her little guy Will. I think I have said before that Sydney is quite facinated with babies right now. Well, she was quite interested in Will yesterday & was showing Noreen where his belly is, his nose, and his eyes. The problem is that her little finger is not always gentle when she wants to point these features out. Hence the frown (which is a common expression of hers these days) when she is directed away from his face.
Will was happy enough for her to be playing with his belly, but a little curious about why she is so interested in this game. When she couldn't play with Will's nose, she had to show us where Logan's nose is- who is becoming increasingly tolerant of her. Good girl Logan.As is typically the case when around a toddler for any length of time, things did not go well for the whole visit. Noreen stayed to have supper with us & I held Will so that she could get her food. Well, although it was OK for me to hold Will earlier- it was not OK to be holding him while Sydney was being put in her highchair by her daddy. Although you don't want to give in to them & their demands, I have to admit that once Noreen had her food I did hand Will back to her hoping that Little Miss would sit down in her chair and have her supper. It was the first time that we experienced "jealousy" & hope not to see too much of it in the future.
Well I am not sure if it is related to yesterday, but this morning I was not allowed to sleep in. Brad got Sydney out of bed & thought they were going downstairs for breakfast, but someone pushed open the door & came over to get into bed with me. Then wanted nothing to do with Daddy. She expected Mommy to get out of bed & come for breakfast. So when you have been jumped on & pulled on, who's going to get more sleep? So, what did I do? Got out of bed & went downstairs. So that now makes 2 wins for Sydney.

Special Delivery Expected....

Well it looks like Sydney is going to become a big sister this summer. She of course doesn't know this yet, but hopefully in the months to come she will start to understand & be happy about the concept. My prediction is that Sydney will adjust to another baby in the house much better than Logan will.
The official due date is August 14th, but I personally will be aiming for the first week of August- especially if it is a hot summer! For those of you who like to make fun of my obsessive planning nature- I am on track to fulfill one of my "life plans". I wanted to have all my children before turning 35 & if things go well I will acheive that goal- although I am cutting it close.
Here is a picture of our ultrasound done today. It did not scan as clear as I hoped, but I think you can see enough to know it is a baby. Currently she (just a guess) is 67mm long and has a heartbeat of around 140 bpm.

Husband Swap?

Michele & I truly love our respective husbands and love that they are the father of our children. As we are each very different from one another we have chosen the right brother to spend our lives with. However, it is a little eerie that each of our children have a striking resemblance to their uncles. More so than to their own mother or father. You be the judge.

It was only recently that we identified Sydney's resemblance to her Uncle Robb. After pulling out Robb's baby picture, it could not be denied.
No offense intended to Robb, but I sure hope the next one looks like me.